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Zaporozhians

Zaporozhians is the plural of Zaporozhian.

Meaning of Zaporozhian

Noun

Zaporozhian (plural Zaporozhians)

  1. (historical) One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
    • Instead, the Zaporozhians tended to concentrate on their own affairs, that is, those of a relatively small (they rarely numbered more than 10,000), isolated Cossack fraternity based in the vast, empty steppes between the Hetmanate in the north and the Crimean Khanate in the south.2009, Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History, 4th edition, University of Toronto Press, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    Zaporozhian Cossack, Ukrainian Cossack

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Questions about Zaporozhians

What is Zaporozhians the plural of?
Zaporozhians is the plural of Zaporozhian.

Words near Zaporozhians in the dictionary

  1. Zaporogians
  2. Zaporogue
  3. Zaporogues
  4. Zaporozhe
  5. Zaporozhian
  6. Zaporozhians
  7. Zaporozhie
  8. Zaporozhye
  9. zapota
  10. zapotas
  11. zapote

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